Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 7044, Eleazer Drury, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Drury, Eleazer Elizabeth
No. 7044.
B.L.M. 26864-160-55
CONTENTS

Massachusetts 31022
Elazer Drury
of Westminster in the State of Mass. who was a priv in the company commanded by Captain Marray, of the _____ commanded by _____ in the Mass. militia time for 6 mo 4 days.
Inscribed on the Roll of Mass. at the rate of 20 Dollars 11 3/4 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 14th day of March 1837 and sent Hon L Lincoln Wace sta Mass
Arrears to the 4th of March 1837 112 64 Pens-ant. allowance ending 4 Sept 10 22
$ 132 86
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by H. H. Sylvester Clerk, Book E Vol. 2 Page 18

106,006 } Act March 3/33 April 28/33
Civ H Woodman Dec 22/55
Elizabeth Drury Widow of Eleazar Drury private
Revolutionary War.
Pensioner, under act Feb 3/33
Map Feb 53- 740
W. B. D. A. M. 21/56
(Handwritten signature or mark)
(Handwritten signature or mark)
Horatio Woodman Boston Mass.
Vol. D. 139.

740. Massachusetts Elizabeth Drury widow of Ebenezer Drury who served in the Revolutionary war, as a Private
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 20 Dollars 44
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March 1848.
3 February 1853.
Certificate of Pension issued the 21 day of June 1853 and sent to
J. Kepe Boston Mass
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under July 22 1848, Page 39 Vol. C
cdct 3 Feb 1853
1853 June 21 Lit. Col. Brantford

Eliazar Dury, Certificati

I Eleazer Denny of Westminster in the County of Worcester & Commonwealth of Massachusetts do further testify that my father, Thomas Denny lived in Templeton in said County of Worcester through the revolutionary war he had only three sons, Eleazer, Thomas & Joel, but I never knew any man by the name of Eleazer Denny in Templeton, or in any other place.
Worster Februy 17-1837-
Eleazer Denny
Then Eleazer Denny above named made solemn oath to the truth of the above Certificate, by him subscribed before me
Abel Wood Justice of the Peace
Feby 17. 1837. I certify that Eleazer Denny the signer of the above affidavit is a credible per- -son and his statements are entitled to full credit, and that he is the same person who has made application for a pension. Abel Wood, Justice of the Peace.

Record of a marriage as found recorded in the Town Records of Temple- ton in the County of Worcester and State of Massachusetts.
In the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and sixty the subscriber married Mr Elazer Dury & Miss Elizabeth Miles both of Templeton
Ebenezer Sparhawk Minister at Templeton.
I, Dexter Gilbert, do certify that the above is a true extract from the Records of said Town of Templeton with the exception of the date which is expressed on the records in full legible figures as follows, viz. 1800 Jan. 6.
Dexter Gilbert Town Clerk
I, Dexter Gilbert above named, on oath depose and say that I hold the office of Clerk of said Town of Templeton & that the above is a true extract from the records of said town with the excep- tion above named as certified by me.
Dexter Gilbert
Worcester ss, February 26 th 1853, Subscribed & sworn to before me, & I further certify that I have no interest in the claim of Elizabeth Dury to a pension & am not concerned in its prosecution.
Samuel Lee Justice of the Peace.

State of Massachusetts County of Worcester
On this twenty fourth day of April, A. D., 1855. personally appeared before me, a Justice of the Peace in and for the said County, Elizabeth Drury aged twenty nine years, a resident of Westminster in Massachusetts who being duly sworn according to law, declared that she is the widow of Ebenezer Drury deceased, who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain [blank] in the [blank] in the Revolutionary war with Great Britain, declared by the United States, on the 18th day of June, 1812, that her said husband was [blank] enlisted at [blank] on or about the [blank] day of A.D. 18 [blank] for the term of [blank] and continued in actual service in the said war for the term of [blank] and was honorably discharged at [blank] on or about the [blank] day of A.D. 18 [blank], as will appear by reference to the rolls, that he received no printed or written discharge, and that neither he nor she ever received or applied for, or is entitled to bounty land for any other service, except that she received for the same service, under the act of September 1850, a 40 acre warrant, No. [blank], which she has legally sold and cannot return. That she now draws for the said service a pension of $20.44 per annum payable at Boston, the certificate of which is No. 740. and dated June 21, 1853. and issued under the act of February 3, 1853.
She further states that she was married to the said Ebenezer Drury in Mendon on the 6th day of January 1800, by [blank] and that her name before her said marriage was Elizabeth Miles that her husband died at Westminster on the 24th day of October 1845, proof of which will be found on file with her previous application, that she is still a widow,— that she makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the bounty land to which she may be entitled under the act of Congress passed March 3, 1855, and that she prays that the certificate thereof may be sent for her to Horatio Woodman, Boston, Mass.
Elizabeth Drury
Subscribed and duly sworn to, the day and year first above written. I certify that she is the identical person above described. I have no interest in the case.
Chas. G. Brewster, Justice of the Peace.

No. 1.094 740
Eliza Drury widow of Eleazer
Massachusetts
Act 3 Feb. 1833
Married 6 Jany 1800 death 29 Oct 1825
$20.44 pr ann. Comm. 3 Feb. 1833
3 and - admit of the transfer of said within letter
J. Hall Boston Mass

State of Massachusetts, 3/4. Worcester County, 3/4.
On this fifth day of April A. D. 1853, personally appeared in open court, before the subscriber, Judge of Probate within and for said County, Elizabeth Young, a resident of Westminster, in said County, aged 77 years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth, on her oath, make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions of the second section of the act of February 3 d 1853:-
That she is the widow of Eleazer Young who was a pensioner of the United States under the act of 7 th June, 1832, at the rate of twenty 44 /100 dollars per annum on account of his services in the war of the Revolution, & was paid at the Boston Agency, & for proof of his services she refers to the evidence on file, upon which said pension was granted, at the Pension Office, & for proof of additional service to the accompanying certificate of the Secretary of the State of Massachusetts.
She further declares that she was married to the said Eleazer Young on the sixth day of January in the year eighteen hundred, and not before; that her husband the aforesaid Eleazer Young died on the twenty ninth day of October in the year eighteen hundred & forty five, and that she has remained a widow ever since that

perior, as will more fully appear by reference to the proof hereto annexed. She further declares that she has never before made application for a pen- sion & that she has appointed Franklin Hall of Boston her true & lawful attorney for her & in her name to prosecute her claim under the above named act,
In presence of
Her Elizabeth X Drury Mark
Sworn to, subscribed & acknowledged on the day & year above written, & I certify that I have no interest in the claim of the declarant to a pension & am not concerned in its prosecution.
Ab d Stearns Judge of Probate for Simsbury } State of Mass.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Winter of p. I, Charles G. Prentiss, Register of the Court of Probate for said County of Worcester, do hereby certify, that the Mrs Stearns is the Judge of said Court, duly commissioned and qualified - and that the above signature purporting to be his is genuine.
In testimony whereof I do hereunto set my hand and the seal of said Court this Sixth day of April, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty three.
Chas. G. Prentiss, Register.

Town Clerk's office Westminster, County of Worcester, State of Massachusetts April 4 th 1853
"Deaser (Druery) Died October twenty ninth eighteen hundred forty five"
"George Harris Sexton"
I hereby certify that the above is a true copy of the record with the exception of the date which stands in the record in four legible figures as follows & viz "Oct 29 th 1845"
Attest George Wendall Town Clerk
I George Wendall the above named depose and say that I hold the office of Town Clerk in the County Town & State aforesaid and that the above is a true extract from the records of said Town with the exception above named and further that I am acquainted with Elizabeth Druery the within declarant that she was the wife & is now the widow of Deaser Druery deceased that said Deaser Druery was a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States
George Wendall Clerk of the Town of Westminster
Worcester ss April 4 th 1853 Then appeared the above named George Wendall and made oath that the foregoing Extract and affidavit by him subscribed is true before me and I certify that I have no interest in the claim of Elizabeth Druery to a pension and am not concerned in its prosecution
Harrison G. Whitney Justice of the Peace

COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
COUNTY OF WORCESTER, ss.
ON this second day of June , — in the year of our Lord, eighteen hundred and thirty six, personally appeared in open Court, before the Court of Common Pleas of said Commonwealth, now sitting as a Court of Record, Ebenezer Denny , a resident of Westminster, in the County of Worcester , and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, aged eighty one years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress, passed June 7th 1832.
THAT he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated.
On the first day of April, in the year 1778, he was drafted for military duty, and entered into the service of the Revolutionary War as a private soldier, in a company of militia, commanded by Captain William Warren of Hubbardston in Worcester County, and continued in said service to the last day of June then next following, having served three full months, and was then discharged. He was stationed at Cambridge, with to guard the British prisoners taken with Gen. Burgoyne — the name of the officer who commanded the Regiment in which he served he can not recollect, and as not been able to ascertain. He was again drafted for military duty, and entered said service on the first of September, in the year 1778, as a private soldier, in a company of militia, commanded by Captain Nye of Barre, in Worcester County, and continued in said service till the first day of December, 1778, having served three full months more, and was then discharged — each of said terms of three months comprehending the full time for which he was called into said service — In this latter service he was stationed at Dorchester Heights, near Boston.
And for said six months service he prays allowance by pension from the United States, agreeably to Law.
He refers to the accompanying Documents for evi- dence to corroborate his declaration, the same being all that he has been enabled to procure, to sub- stantiate his aforesaid claim to a pension.

We certify that we are well acquainted with  and hereby to the above declaration, that we believe him to be years of age, that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the revolution, and we concur in that opinion. Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
See certificate hereto annexed -
And the said court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above mentioned applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states. And the court further certifies, that it appears to them that Levyus Mann , who signed the preceding certificate, is a clergyman, resident in the town of Westminster , and that Abijah Wood , who has also signed the same is a resident in the same town of Westminster , and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
Solomon Strong. Judge
I Joseph G. Kendall , Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Levyus Mann for a pension.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said Court this second day of June , in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and thirty
J. G. Kendall. Clerk
Levyus Mann 33735 Westminster, Norfolk County, Massachusetts.

Inverness.
 1. Where, and in what year, were you born? I was Born in Templeton, February nineteenth, 1755, as I believe.  2. Have you any record of your age, and if so where is it? I have not any record of my age -  3. Where were you living when called into service? I was living in said Templeton, Massachusetts. Where have you lived since the revolutionary war and where do you now live? I was living in said Templeton, till I removed to Westminster, where I now live, and have resided for thirty six years last past -  4. How were you called into service, were you drafted did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? and if a substitute for whom? - I was drafted for each term of service.  6. Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so by whom was it given and what has become of it? I never did receive any written discharge from said service.  7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present residence and who can testify to your character for veracity and their belief of your services as a soldier of the revolution - 
Reverend Cyrus Munn - Abijah Wood - Abiel Wood, Esquire, and a variety of other persons, as will appear by inspection of the documents hereto annexed.
Ebenezer Denny

In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Eleazer Drury a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pen- sion on file in this Bureau.
W. 7044
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Abt. 1, 1778 3 mos. Private William Marcam. ✓ Mass.   Sept. 1, 1778 3 mos. " Nye ✓        
Battles engaged in, ✓
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Templeton, Worcester Co., Mass.
Date of application for pension, June 2, 1836. His claim was allowed.
Residence at date of application, Westminster, Worcester Co., Mass.
Age at date of application, born Feby. 19, 1755 at Templeton, Mass.
Remarks: son of Thomas Drury of Templeton. Soldier married Templeton, Mass. Jany. 6, 1800 Elizabeth Miles. He died Oct. 29, 1845. at Westminster & she was allowed pension on her application executed Abt. 5, 1853 while a resident of Westminster and 77 years of age.
Respectfully,
Commissioner.

1916 Oct. 11. Hist. to Mrs. Etta A. ...
Ray  WIDOW, &c.
File No. 7044
Eliz a Drury Wid.
Eleazer Drury Pvt. Rev. War
Act: Feby. 3 rd 53
Index:—Vol. 4 , Page 195
[Arrangement of 1870.]

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Eleazar Drury Maps.
Sus o let Hon. Lin Lincoln file 39837 Adm o as private 6 mo & 4 days. $20.44 Mch. Miller
Hon. L. Lincoln H.R. Act 7 June 1837

26,864 5
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
WORCESTER COUNTY, ss.
I, Joseph Mason Clerk of the Judicial Courts for the County and Commonwealth aforesaid, do hereby certify, that Chas. G. Prentiss on the twenty fourth day of April A.D. 1855 was, and still is
a Justice of the Peace, in and for said County, duly commissioned and qualified, and authorized by the laws of this Commonwealth, to take the acknowledgement of deeds, and administer oaths, and that his signatures to the certificates of oath upon the declaration and affidavit and his own certificate hereunto annexed are genuine.
Given under my hand, and the seal of said day of April , hundred and fifty-five.
Courts , this twenty fifth , in the year of our Lord one thousand eight
Jo. Mason Clerk.

Eleazer Denny.
Additional evidence.
Worcester bounty.
Massachusetts.
Hon. L. Lincoln H Rep

I Ethel Wood of Westminster County of Worcester and Commonwealth of Massachusetts Esquire aged 81 years testify and say that on the 16 th day of February 1837. I was in company with Eleanor Drury Druy the person who signed the annexed affidavits and who is the same person who is an affidavit for a pension from said Town of Westminster to the Town of Templeton and made diligent enquiry for the purpose of ascertaining whether such a person as Eleanor Drury ever lived in said Town, and could not find that any such person ever lived there, and the annexed affidavits are all the testimony which I could  did procure to show that a man by the name of Eleanor Drury (the affidavit for a pension) had lived there, and that no person by the name of Eleanor Drury had ever lived there: but I suppose I could have procured more affidavits to the same purpose, but thought it was not necessary.
A. E. Wood

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Worcester County ss.
In this eighteenth day of February 1837. personally appeared Abel Wood the signor of the within affidavit, and made solemn oath to the truth of the same
Before me
Solomon Strong judge C.C. Pleas.
I certify that I have been well acquainted with Abel Wood the signor of the within affidavit for 33 years. He is a credible person and his statements are entitled to full credit. I lived in the same town with him for 14 years. He has always sustained a highly respectable character, and has been a magistrate of this County for almost 40 years.
I further certify that I have been well acquainted with Deacon Denny who has signed one of the annexed affidavits, and who is an applicant for a pension for 33 years. That I lived in the same town with him (Westminster) for 14 years, and I know him to have the reputation of being a very honest man, and from my acquaintance with him should judge the character was well deserved.
Solomon Strong judge C.C. Pleas.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Worcester, fs.
I, Joseph G. Kendall, clerk of the Judicial Courts within and for said County of Worcester, do certify, that the Honorable Solomon Strong is Judge of the Court of Common Pleas for said Commonwealth, and that his signature to the papers hereto annexed is in his own proper hand writing. I also certify, that Abel Wood, Esquire, is a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, and that his signatures to the several certificates hereto annexed, are in his own proper hand writing.
In testimony whereof, I hereto set my name, and affix the Seal of the Court of Common Pleas, at Worcester, this twentyfirst day of February, in the year 1837.
J. G. Kendall Clerk

Templeton February the 16 1837 I David Cobleigh of Templeton aged Sixtyseven years do testify and say that I did know Ebenezer Drewry of Templeton but I never knew a man by the name of Ebenezer Dryry and I have lived in said Templeton ever since I was born
Worcester ss February 16, 1837 David Cobleigh then David Cobleigh above named was sworn to the truth of the above certificate by him subscribed before me Abel Wood Justice of Peace
Templeton Feby. 16. 1837 - I John Bigelow, of said Town, hereby certify, that the present Clerk of said Town having been sick for the past six months - is now too feeble to search the Records of said Town & I having officiated in that office for twelve years next previous to the two last years, and being requested to search the records of said Town, have attended to that service. I have carefully searched the Records aforesaid from the comm- encement of the Records of said Town up to the year 1780 and have not been able to find, on record, the name of Ebenezer Dryry -
Worcester ss February 16, 1837 John Bigelow. Then John Bigelow, above named, was sworn to the truth of the above certificate by him subscribed before me - Abel Wood Justice of Peace
Templeton Feby. 16. 1837 - I David Rice of said Town, aged fifty, hereby do certify, that I did formerly know Ebenezer Dryry of said Town, but never knew a person by the name of Ebenezer Dryry of said Town - David Rice
Worcester ss February 16, 1837 - then David Rice above named was sworn to the truth of the above certificate by him subscribed before me Abel Wood Justice of Peace
February 16. 1837. I certify that Daniel Cobleigh, John Bigelow, and David Rice the signers of the above three affidavits are all credible men, and their statements are entitled to full credit. Abel Wood Justice of the Peace

Eliza Dury Miss Rolls D. C. Washington D. C.
The Secretary of War. Miss
Pension Office.

The applicant for a pension in this case has endeavoured to comply with the regulations of the War Department, and hopes the statement will be satisfactory.
Worthing Mass. August. 31. 1836.
Yours very respectfully, Solomon Strong

We Cyrus Mann residing a deacon residing in the town of Westminster (Mass) and Abijah Wood residing in the same Westminster hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Eleazer Denny who who has resided subscribed and sworn to the above declaration: that we believe him to be eighty years old of age. That he is respected and believed in the neighbourhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution and that we concur in that opinion. Cyrus Mann Abijah Wood
Worster Feb. 21 — 1836.
I then personally appeared Cyrus Mann and Abijah Wood the signers of the above certificate and made solemn oath to the truth of the above certificate by them subscribed. Before me.
Abel Wood Justice of the Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Worcester, ss. I, Joseph G. Kendall, clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of said Common- wealth in and for said County of Worcester, do certify that Abiel Wood, Esquire, is a Justice of the Peace for said County - and that his signature to the certificates of oaths of Lyman Mann, Alijiah Wood, Grace Davis, and Hannah Duney, to the annexed Depositions, by them respectively signed, is in the proper hand writing of the said Abiel Wood.
In testimony whereof, I hereunto set my hand and affix the seal of said Court, at Worcester, this second day of June, in the year 1836. —
Jos. G. Kendall. Clerk

Westminster March 12 - 1836 —
we, the Subscribers, being Inhabitants of said Westminster & being Informed that Mr Eleazar Denny, of said Westminster has performed six months Service as a Soldier in the army of the revolution and after much Search, can find no man now living that can testify for him, and must depend on his own testimony, & some other corroborating circumstances to prove his pension, we believe him to be a man of strict veracity & has performed the service, & as he is very aged and his labour about done, and a family to support, with but very very little property, a small pension would be a great assistance; and we hope he will be able to obtain it —
Abel Wood
Hannah Merriam Jr
Benj. F. Wood
Abigail Wood
Nathaniel Nottingham
John Femenoden
Samuel Duffer
Samuel Merriam Jr
Henry G. Denny
Ezra Miller
Jonas Miller
Sidney Smith
Carlo Sawyer
John K. Lander
Josiah Duffer
G. W. Hagar
Asa Brooks
William Edgell
Edmund Kendall
Joseph B. Denny
Charles R. Bernas
David Forbush
Reuben Merriam
John F. Mansfield
Clark Merriam
Jonas Merriam
John Merriam
David Whitney
Calvin Whitney
Nathan Whitney
Abis Tuttle
Asa Bigelow
Reuben Ferris
Nathaniel Wood
Asaph Wood
Saron Wood
Elijah M. Benjamin
Eleazar Denny Jr

106.006
APPLICATION OF
widow of Eben Drey Revolutionary Pension
for a 160 - acre warrant,
Act of March 3d, 1855.
WARRANT TO BE SENT TO HORATIO WOODMAN, Boston, Mass. AS WITHIN REQUESTED.

State of Massachusetts County of Worcester
We Joseph B. Drury and Charles Kendall having been duly sworn, depose and say, that we well knew Ezezer Drury who was as we have always been informed and justly believe a Revolutionary Soldier whose widow now applies for bounty land,—that we knew him for more than twenty five years before his death, which occurred at Westminster about five years ago,—that we know that he died about that time because* we were in the neighborhood at the time, and that his Widow is the identical person who claimed a pension for his said service that we are residents of Westminster in Massachusetts, that we have known his said widow from his death to this time, that she has remained unmarried,—that her declaration was signed and acknowledged by her in our presence,—that she is the identical person she represents herself to be,—and that we are disinterested.
Joseph B Drury Charles Kendall
Subscribed, and duly sworn to before me, this twenty fourth day of April A.D. 1855.
Chas. G. Rventip Justice of the Peace.
It is hereby certified that satisfactory proof has been exhibited before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, by the affidavits of Joseph B. Drury and Charles Kendall of the said county and state, who are personally known to me, who are entitled to credit, and who swear that they have no pecuniary interest in the result of the above application; that Elizabeth Drury is the widow, remaining unmarried of the late Ezezer Drury who was a Revolutionary Soldier and that the said Ezezer Drury died at Westminster on or about the twenty ninth day of October A.D. 1850.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand this twenty fourth day of April 1855. I have no interest in this case.
Chas. G. Rventip Justice of the Peace.
* "We attended his funeral," or "were in the neighborhood at the time," or some equally good reason.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston, April 11 th 1853
I hereby Certify, That at the date of the annexed attestation Samuel Lee and Harrison G. Whitney were Justices of the Peace for the County of Worcester
in the said Commonwealth, duly commissioned and constituted; and that to their acts and attestations, as such, full faith and credit are and ought to be given, in and out of Court.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
E. M. Wright Secretary of the Commonwealth.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston:
Apr 4 1852.
I hereby Certify, That, from an examination of the Books and Documents relating to Military Services in the War of the Revolution, which remain in this Department, it appears that the name Eleazer Drury is borne as a pay roll of Capt. H. M. Mearns Co., Col. Spear's Regt. at Cambridge as private from March 27. 1778. 3 mos. 6 days
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
Ebenezer D. D. D. D. Secretary of the Commonwealth.

Common Office June 15. 1853.
Sir
Be pleased to say when Eleanor Drury, a pensioner at $20., 44 Prann, Act 7. June 1832 - Massachusetts roll, died .
Very Resp r . Yours
St. Marks Cambridge
J. Burt Esq. 2d Aud r .
Paid to 1 st Sept. 1845.
J. Burt Auditor.

Eleanor Drury.
Payment to be made at Boston by M c K. Simpson Agent for paying Pension- ers in the Agency of M c K.
Recorded in the Pension Office, in Book E Vol. 2 Page 15 by A. H. Sylvester Clerk.

WAR DEPARTMENT.
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM.
I certify that in conformity with the law of the United States, of the 7th June, 1832, Ebenezer Dury of Massachusetts who was a Private in the war of the Revolution is entitled to receive Twenty — dollars and forty five cents per annum, during his natural life, commencing on the 4th of March, 1831, and payable semi-annually, on the 4th of March and 4th of September, in every year.
Given at the War Office of the United States, this fifteenth day of March one thousand eight hundred and thirty= skoo
J. R. Poinsett
Secretary of War.
Examined and } Countersigned. }
J. L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions.

Boston Apr. 14, 1853.
Sir,
Enclosed herewith I send the application of Elizabeth Gray, widow of Eleazer Gray, who was a pensioner of the U. States under the law of 7 th June 1832 at the rate of $20.44, for a pension under the Act of February 3 rd 1853.
I also enclose the original Pension Certificate of Mr. Gray, and a certificate from the Secretary of Massachusetts, showing 3 months & 6 days service under Capt. Marra, Col. Stearns, for which the widow thinks her husband was not allowed when his claim was adjusted.
I am, Sir, most respectfully
Your obed t serv t
Franklin Hall,
Loren P. Waldo Esq., Comm ee of Pensions, Washington, D.C.

War Department Pension Office
February 3 rd 1837.
Sir,
I have examined the papers of Eleazar Drury, and compared his statement with the rolls of Captain Nye's company, and find the following, viz. That he served as alleged, in said company, from March 1778, 3 mo. & 6 days. But his statement is not verified by the rolls of Capt Nye's Company in Sept. 1778. It then appears that Eleazar Drury served 2 mo & 28 days; and the name of Eleazar Drury is not borne thereon. It is possible that an error may have been made in the roll, although it is not very probable. If, however, it can be satisfactorily shown that no such man as Eleazar Drury was living in the town of Templeton, it will go far to corroborate the statement of the claimant. Mr Strong's letter is herewith returned. The papers remain on file.
I have the honor to be,
very respectfully,
Your Obedt Servt.
J. L. Edwards
Hon. Levi Lincoln, House of Representatives.
21 228 64

Chas. Denny.

War Department, Pension Office,
June 9: 1836.
Sir,
The papers in support of the claim of Eleazer Drury, have been examined, and are herewith returned. The credibility of the witnesses should be certified by the Justices who administered the oath.
The regulations require the best attainable evidence and he is therefore required to procure the certificate of the Secretary of State at Boston, in relation to each term of alleged service, and the depositions of some of his old comrades or neighbors, many of whom it would appear, from the number of claims, are still living. This evidence will be the more insisted upon in consequence of the delay in making his application for which no reasons have been assigned.
Very respectfully,
Yr. obedient
J. L. Edwards
Solomon Strong Esq. Worcester, Massachusetts

Brief in the case of Elizabeth Drewry wid, of Gloucester, Worcester County and State of Massachusetts, act 7. February 1853.
Claim, ("original," or "for increase")
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditional, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Husband pensioned under act of June 1842 - marriage of Claimant to pensioner, & his death both matters of record -
Identity of Widow proved by oath of town Clerk, supported also by the possession of the husband's pension Certificate
(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
Name and residence of Agent
Franklin Hall Boston Mass
W. H. Rae Examining Clerk.

Philipston March 15 th 1836
I Grace Davis of Philipston, in the County of Worcester and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, aged Seventy Seven years do Testify, and say, that Mr. Eleazer Denny, now of Westminster was brought to go into the army of the revolution to guard the British Prisoners, taken with Genl. Burgoyne, and was gone three months, and I further Testify that said E. Denny went into the army again, not long after he returned home but I cannot tell how long he was gone -
witness. Abel Wood Worcester 15 th March 1836
her Grace X Davis mark
Then Grace Davis above named personally appeared and made solemn oath to the truth of the above Certificate by her subscribed before me
Abel Wood Justice of the Peace
I certify that Grace Davis above named is well known to me that she is a credible person and full credit may be placed in her statements.
I Hannah Denny of Philipston in the County of Worcester & Commonwealth of Massachusetts aged 76 years do Testify
and say that my brother Eleazer Denny of Westminster in said County went into the revolutionary army to guard the British Prisoners, taken with General Burgoyne Stationed near Boston about for three months & returned at the close of that time.
witness. Abel Wood.
her Hannah Denny mark
I certify that Hannah Denny above named is well known to me that she is a credible person and entitled to full credit.
Worcester 15 th March 1836. Abel Wood Justice of the Peace.
above named personally appeared and made solemn oath to the truth of the above Certificate by her subscribed before me
Abel Wood Justice of Peace

And now Elazar Dury of Westminster in the County of Worcester obam mon wealth of Massachusetts makes here in open Court his additional Declaration in order to obtain a Pension as a Revolutionary Soldier under the Act of June 1832.
Soon after the passage of said Act I applied to Simon Sanderson Esquire a magistrate in the town in which I live to make an application for said Pension. I was then informed that there would be no use in so doing unless I could substantiate my claim by living witnesses who served with me, and as I know of no such witnesses alive I forbore to make said application nor did I know or suppose that a Pension could be obtained without such testimony till a short time before I made my application which has been sent on to Washington. I employed Abel Wood, Esquire to go and ascertain if he could find any witnesses in the neighborhood of my residence when I served as I have stated in my applica- tion. He went & was unable to find any per- son alive who knew of my said service. I have also within a short time sent a mes- senger to Boston to get a certificate from the Secretary's office, & my messenger brought back word that the papers had been trans- mitted to the  city of  Worcester  Worcester

Commonwealth of Massachusetts Worcester County ss. Commonwealth vs. August Term 1836.
The within named Thomas Denny personally appeared in open court and made solemn oath to the truth of the within additional statement made by him as an official for a pension.
Attest J. O. S. G. Mansfield. Clerk.

I Abel Wood of Westminster County of Mercer Commonwealth of Massachusetts Esquire depose & say that I made out the papers of the within order application for a Pension named Drury. At his request about the first day of March last I went to Phillipston in said County where the said Drury came from when he came to Westminster about thirty five years ago. And when he stated that he lived when he did the service set forth in his declara- tion. Said Drury went with me there we made diligent search and inquiry for some person or persons who had been in the service with him at the time alleged. but could find no one living I found he was there reputed to have been a revolutionary soldier but no one there had been out with him.
The part of Phillipston where he formerly lived was in Templeton where he resided there. I also know of his having sent to the Secretarys office as he has stated & that the Referee brought back word as the said Eliza has stated. Abel Wood
Mercer ss Aug 31 1836 Then the above named Abel Wood to me personally known made solemn oath to the truth of the foregoing deposition by him subscribed before me. & I certify that his testimony is entitled to full faith & credit
Emory Washburn Justice of the Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts - Worcester ss - I Jos. G. Kendall, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas within and for the County aforesaid, being a Court of Record, certify that Emory Weathburn, Esquire, before whom the above named Abel Wood made oath to the foregoing Depo- sition, is a Justice of the Peace within and for said County, and as such, duly qual- ified to administer said oath, and that the foregoing signature of his name is in his own proper hand writing -
In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my name and caused the seal of said Court to be affixed at Worcester this thirty first day of August A.D. 1836 - Jos. G. Kendall, Clerk.

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Ashburnham, Sept, 19, 1916.
Commissioner of Pensions.
Have you any record that shows that one Ebenezer Drury, (Drewry) received a pension.
He lived in Westminster, Mass. in 1840 was a soldier in the Revolutionary War Possibly from Phillipston, Mass.
any information concerning this man will be greatly appreciated by.
Mrs. Etta A. Davis, Ashburnham, Mass.
Lock Box 35.
1, 2¢ Stamp recd. St. ret'd OK CPO EW Rob Rev Norsee